training through tendonitis

[davebeers]

recently i've had a bad case of bicep tendonitis, initially caused from heavy back squats. In the past i have stopped training competely to let it heal up but i want to get out of that habit.
Do any of you guys train through tendonitis. I can't do any type of squat, curl, pulling, or pressing movement so i'm very limited to what i can do without reinjuring

I was thinking of going in tonight and just pulling the sled and then doing leg curls, extensions, and then doing high rep tricep pushdowns to get some blood in the injured area. What do you guys think?

[DaneGarreau]

The obvious answer is rest. But who wants to do that?

This is what I do

1)Ice-do this as many times as possible during the day
2)ibprofen-this will help get the inflamation out
3)sleeve-if u have a rehband elbow sleeve this will help a lot.
4)Blood work-do some exercises that flush blood into the area. Reverse curls, wrist curls, ect. Do it really light for like 30 reps.

[Paul Savage]

i had this for like 6 months in my right bicep once, it was awful, always hidering my training, i couldnt do anything properly - the way i got past it is to rest up with no training at all for 3 weeks, an then only doing high rep work with curls / extensions with really light weight for 50 easy reps each

i did that everyday, twice a day, for a couple of weeks, an then i got back into training, started light, gradually getting heavier every week, an always doing the same high rep work at the end of every training session - ill often do it today

i have no problems what so ever these days

[davebeers]

i went in tonight and met a physical therapist who is also a powerlifter.
Her advice was to stick with the RICE treatment but also do light hammer curls(we agreed on the 20's) for 3-4 sets of 20-30 reps every other day.

I warmed up really good tonight, had my rehbands on, and had a great workout working around the tendonitis. Did sled pulls, front squats, and leg press

[Scott Porter]

I wouldn't do the "E" in RICE.

Also can try EMS if you have one. Is the pain more toward the elbow? Is it lateral?

[Brandon Campbell]

Ice, heat, and stretch it if you can. I like to ice first, let it warm back up for about 2-3hours, then heat it up and then ice it again. Best thing to do is stretch and relax

[davebeers]

I wouldn't do the "E" in RICE.

Also can try EMS if you have one. Is the pain more toward the elbow? Is it lateral?
the pain originates in the inside of the elbow and radiates half-way down my elbow when it gets really bad. I was looking at buying a combo EMS/ultrasound unit but they're a little too much for me right now.
She also showed me good and bad stretches and go figure i've been doing mostly the bad streches.

Good news is this morning i have no pain.